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...Once he makes his entrance as Harvard man, Rose's suitor and shrewd young banker, he dominates the narrative. Joe and Rose begat Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean and Edward. There are some formidable characters here. Rose was defender of the faith and the stoic keeper of the hearth and appearances. Joe Jr., killed during World War II on a near suicidal bombing mission, was the pick of the litter. Vivacious Kathleen ("Kick") died in 1948 with her foolish lover when he insisted on flying through a thunderstorm. But they, and even the quick- witted future...
...Tupperware bin at an annual gem-and-mineral bazaar in Tucson last February. The amateur who had found the stone wanted $15 for it but readily sold it to the Texan for $10. Said Whetstine: "I was used to handling rocks and saying 'Yeah, that's a keeper' or 'That's no good.' " This one was a keeper...
...rabbit ears and the leaves on her rubber-tree plant. When she spends hours preparing nouvelle cuisine dishes as meticulous as a Magritte. When she finds spiritual and even sexual fulfillment in her dogged servitude. When she renounces friends and hobbies to remain the model prisoner whose keeper is a husband with a wandering libido. When, on learning that Hubby is fooling around with someone at the office, she waits for him to come home, stabs him dead with a kitchen knife, then cleans the weapon and replaces it daintily in its holder. Edna (the quietly spectacular Martha Henry...
...Chad Reilly deserves a lot of credit," Nicholas said. "He's really a very good keeper, and he's come in and played well...
...state nine years ago, the Chairman, as he is known, has been a nationalist first and a Marxist second. Now Mengistu is reaching the zenith of his influence at home and abroad. "Ethiopia is the key to the Horn of Africa," says a Western expert, "and Mengistu is the keeper...